Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

• Dr. Andrew Behrendt, promoted to associate teaching professor of history and political science
• Dr. Casey Canfield, promoted to associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, and granted tenure
• Dr. Carleigh Davis, promoted to associate professor of English and technical communication and granted tenure
• Dr. K.C. Dolan, promoted to professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Shane Epting, promoted to associate professor of arts, languages and philosophy and granted tenure
• Dr. Mahelet Fikru, promoted to professor of economics
• Dr. Garry Grubbs, promoted to professor of chemistry
• Dr. Alanna Krolikowski, promoted to associate professor of history and political science and granted tenure
• Dr. David Lipke, promoted to associate professor of materials science and granted tenure
• Dr. Tie Luo, associate professor of computer science, granted tenure
• Dr. James Musser, promoted to teaching professor of physics
• Dr. Jonghyun Park, promoted to professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Monday Okoronkwo, promoted to associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh, promoted to associate professor of mining engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Pericles Stavropoulos, promoted to professor of chemistry
• Dr. Robin Verble, promoted to professor of biological sciences
• Dr. Guang Xu, associate professor of mining engineering, granted tenure
• Dr. Grace Yan, promoted to professor of civil engineering
• Dr. Yishu Zhou, promoted to associate professor of economics and granted tenure